Shawnee Tribe now owns a historic cemetery in Johnson County: 'This is a sacred place'

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed a bill requiring the Kansas State Historical Society to give the Shawnee Tribe ownership of a cemetery where many of its tribe members are buried.

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